[9fans] cannot open /n/a:/vgainfo.txt

[9fans] cannot open /n/a:/vgainfo.txt

[Joel Salomon]

While attempting to install from a boot floppy, I got this error message
and got dropped into text-mode rc. /n/a: somehow got mounted badly and
trying ls got IO errors. mount /srv/dos /n/a: /dev/fd0disk worked, but
there is no vgainfo.txt on the disk. Two disks, two downloads of the boot
floppy, same error. Any ideas?

Thanks,
--Joel
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[9fans] cannot open /n/a:/vgainfo.txt

[Joel Salomon]

boota: and a: work (at least they exit silently) and after they run, /n/a:
is properly mounted (it seemed to be mounted badly originally). The drives
are AFAIK normal ones.

--Joel
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Re: [9fans] cannot open /n/a:/vgainfo.txt

[Russ Cox]

It's trying to create vgainfo.txt, so it's okay
that you don't see it there -- the create failed!

Does typing "boota:" work?  How about "a:"?

Is this a standard floppy drive or is there something
special about it (on a different controller, is an LS-120, etc.)?

Russ